my final post on this for tonite: dim u as UInt64 = 23897188192681986 s2 = str(u, "#") s1 = str(u)
guess what? On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Peter K. Stys <[email protected]> wrote: > i suppose this has to do with Int64 to double conversion and loss of > precision. If str does it (with the optional format string), what's the > point of the format() fn if one may get incorrect results? > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:02 AM, Peter K. Stys <[email protected]> wrote: > >> try this: >> >> dim i as Int64 = 23897188192681986 >> dim s1 as String = str(i) >> dim s2 as String = format(i, "-#") >> >> s1 is correct, s2 is wrong, amazingly >> >> This is very bad. >> >> RS, pls fix such basic things. >> >> p. >> >> ...and no, I will not file a feedback report because every time I try it >> tells me I need an update then the update fails. >> >> So this is my feedback report. >> >> -- >> --------------------------------------------- >> Peter K. Stys, MD >> Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences >> Hotchkiss Brain Institute >> University of Calgary >> tel (403) 210-8646 >> --------------------------------------------- >> > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------- > Peter K. Stys, MD > Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences > Hotchkiss Brain Institute > University of Calgary > tel (403) 210-8646 > --------------------------------------------- > -- --------------------------------------------- Peter K. Stys, MD Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences Hotchkiss Brain Institute University of Calgary tel (403) 210-8646 --------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Mbsplugins_monkeybreadsoftware.info mailing list [email protected] https://ml01.ispgateway.de/mailman/listinfo/mbsplugins_monkeybreadsoftware.info
